London/NY: Phaidon Press, 2001. First edition. [200]pp; b&w plates. Large 4to. Black cloth; dust jacket. About fine in near fine jacket, lightly rubbed. Signed by DeCarava to title page verso, which has also been inscribed in 2007 by Americanjazz trumpeter Jimmy Owens and his wife Stephanie.
Black-and-white photographs of the 1950s New York jazz scene by photographer Roy DeCarava (1919-2009), accompanied by his running poetic text. This copy with nice additional association, bearing the gift inscriptions of trumpeter jazz Jimmy Owens and his wife Stephanie, who presented this copy to a "wonderful artist and friend" on his 70th birthday. Alas, we have been unable to confirm the identity of the recipient. Parr & Badger, v2, p. 19.
